PEOPLE v. ABERNATHY

No. 72-190.

18 Ill. App.3d 733 (1974)

310 N.E.2d 401

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JOSEPH E. ABERNATHY, SR., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

April 19, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Farrell, Deputy Defender, of Mt. Vernon (Michael C. Dunston, Senior Law Student, of counsel), for appellant.

Robert H. Rice, State's Attorney, of Belleville (Joseph B. McDonnell, Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GEORGE J. MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the circuit court of St. Clair County dismissing his petition for a post-conviction hearing filed pursuant to the Illinois Post-Conviction Hearing Act (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 38, pars. 122-1 through 122-7).

He first contends that defendant's post-conviction petition raises an...

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